UCC Field Trip Belfast 2007
About the program:
Each year, American students at the Department of Government in UCC take part in an academic field trip to Belfast. During their 4 day stay they visit the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont and meet with politicians from all parties. The objective of the programme is to experience and learn about the changes that have been wrought in this once divided society and the ongoing work at political and community level to maintain and underpin the peace.
Feedback from some of the students who participated in the 2007 trip to Belfast through University College Cork.
"I am an American Politics major back home so, it opened my eyes to Global conflicts that exist elsewhere and was helpful and interesting.
“We did some good things that contributed to my class learning. It’s good to see how the policies you read about (policing, power sharing) actually affect the people of Northern Ireland’